I am not sure the rain is what turned the 2004 Wimbledon semis around. After the rain delay Sharapova began hitting a bit harder, closer to the lines, and cutting down the errors from the part of the match before the rain, and Davenport began hitting slightly less agressively and making a few more errors from the part of the match before the rain. Maria also began serving better (she wasn't serving that well before the rain) and Davenport serving a bit less well. Both play similar games of just a straightforward power baseline game, and aren't great movers even if Maria is less bad of one, so it just depends who is in better form. And who serves better, as this was back when Maria had a big and strong serve too, while Lindsay always had one, as neither are great movers and play great defense, so need to start points ahead to hit their huge groundstrokes rather than be chasing and on the run. In a close match, or 3 setter, Maria will almost always win though, as she is mentally tougher. As borne out by their head to head, a bunch of 3 set wins for Maria and one double bagel for Davenport, LOL!
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